UPDATE: Bloomingdale police officer killed in crash
UPDATES WITH ID, ADDITIONAL DETAILS (BLOOMINGDALE) A Bloomingdale police officer was killed in a crash while responding to a call Thursday night in the northwest suburb. Officer Raymond Murrell was...
View ArticleTiesta Tea employees to ‘Spread the Warmth’ to homeless
UPDATES DAYBOOK WITH 5 P.M. EVENT 5 p.m. — (CHICAGO) About 250 Tiesta Tea employees and volunteers participate in the company’s “Spread the Warmth Night,” with distribution of 400 blankets, jackets,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man fatally shot in vehicle near his home in Austin
UPDATES WITH ID A man fatally shot Wednesday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as a 34-year-old West Side resident. Quentin Perkins was sitting in the driver’s seat of a...
View ArticleMan charged with murdering visitor in Glen Ellyn home
(GLEN ELLYN) A man has been charged with fatally beating and cutting a man who was visiting his home Tuesday evening in west suburban Glen Ellyn. John Murray, 49, was visiting acquaintances, including...
View ArticleUPDATE: West suburban man shot to death in Austin
UPDATES WITH ID A person shot to death Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as a 26-year-old west suburban man. He was outside about 6:55 p.m. in the 5500...
View ArticleMan missing since Wednesday from Jefferson Park
Police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a man who has been missing from the Northwest Side Jefferson Park neighborhood since Wednesday. Robinson “Rob” Molina, 23, is missing from the...
View Article‘Troubling’ delays in reporting Chicago Police shootings
Investigators say the Chicago Police Department routinely delays reporting police-involved shootings longer than it should, waiting about half an hour on average to tell the city’s Independent Police...
View Article15 shot in first 12 hours of the weekend in Chicago
At least 15 people were shot in the first 12 hours of the weekend on the South and West sides of the city, leaving one dead. The fatal shooting happened about 3:15 a.m. Saturday in Humboldt Park, where...
View ArticlePark City man finds old lotto ticket worth $50K
(PARK CITY) A north suburban man checked an old lottery ticket at a gas station to discover he won $50,000 in November. Cesar Pineda of Park City matched four numbers plus the Powerball in the Nov. 19...
View ArticleUPDATE: Elderly man missing from Austin located
UPDATES WITH MAN FOUND An 80-year-old man who went missing Friday morning from his Austin neighborhood home on the West Side has been found. L.E. Evans was seen in a blue Dodge Durango with Illinois...
View Article3 hurt in Dan Ryan rollover crash
Three people were hurt in a rollover crash Saturday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway. The single-car rollover crash happened at 9:24 a.m. in the northbound local lanes of I-94 near 47th Street,...
View ArticlePolice warn of West Side carjackings
Police are warning residents about a series of carjackings reported earlier this month on the city’s West Side. In each of the vehicular hijackings, a man approached the drivers, ordered them to exit...
View Article77-year-old woman hit by van, critically injured in Ashburn
A 77-year-old woman was hit by a van and critically injured Saturday morning in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 2013 Ford van was turning left from southbound Karlov to eastbound 79th...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man shoots girlfriend, kidnaps her and 2 kids in South Chicago
UPDATES WITH DETAILS THROUGHOUT Charges were pending Saturday against a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend during an argument before forcing her and her two children into a vehicle Friday night in...
View Article11-month-old girl in stroller hit by car in Lincoln Park
An 11-month-old girl in a stroller was hit by a car Saturday morning in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. A 60-year-old man was driving a 2015 Toyota Corolla south on Southport at 10:30...
View ArticleUPDATE: Police: 16-year-old boy stole packages, left baby in getaway car
UPDATES WITH CHARGES FILED A teenager broke into a FedEx truck to swipe packages, took off in a car and then ditched it with a 1-year-old child in the back seat when police caught up with him Wednesday...
View Article65-year-old woman dies three days after McKinley Park crash
A 65-year-old woman died three days after she was involved in a crash last week in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The two-vehicle crash happened at 3:53 p.m. Tuesday in the 3500...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 wounded in South Side shooting
UPDATES WITH CORRECTED ADDRESS Three people were wounded in a shooting Sunday morning in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side. The shooting happened at 6:31 a.m. in the 3400 block of South...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man reported missing from Lincoln Park found safe
UPDATES WITH MAN FOUND A 34-year-old man who was reported missing more than two weeks ago from the North Side Lincoln Park neighborhood has been found safe. Emanuel Anderson went missing Jan. 7 from...
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